September 2023 – Page 5

Do All of the Projects in Your Portfolio Look the Same? That’s OK.

All creative professionals can benefit from having an online portfolio. They’re great for attracting new clients. And they can even provide a trip down memory lane. It’s a chance to see how far you’ve come.

But it’s possible to obsess over a portfolio a little too much. For example, sometimes we add features just because they look good. It could be a sign of mixed priorities. Are you designing to serve your current client or to impress the next one?

Home Tour | Bay Blue by Hugh-Jones Mackintosh

An American family sought Sydney-based interior design studio Hugh-Jones Mackintosh to design their home in San Francisco’s Bay Area, observing clear parallels between the two coastal cities and their outdoor-focused living. ‘Bay Blue’ seamlessly fuses the two distant corners of the world, reflecting its vibrant, cosmopolitan owners through a unique global lens.

The details inside of The Block’s 2023 walk-in wardrobes

Sunday’s master-bedroom and walk-in wardrobe reveals on The Block leave us spacious and luxurious interiors (if not big enough bedsides!). As the most important bedroom in the house, contestants focused on style, storage and functionality, to produce stunning supporting wardrobes that were lavish in both aesthetics and use. Brimming with inspiration, we step inside each space to unveil all the finer wardrobe details.

Basic new build transformed into coastal dream home post handover

When Emma Fuller built her family home five years ago, she went with the ‘basic’ package with a view to elevating the spaces in a more budget-friendly manner down the line. Knowing that she couldn’t afford her entire wish list upfront, she made allowances within the plans so that she could add all the special details after handover.

“Although the builder could have incorporated every detail we asked for, we knew it would have blown our budget, but that didn’t mean I was going to let the dream go,” says Emma of her Hamptons inspired home that is located around a 10-minute drive from Queensland’s Toowooomba.

The Intersection of Surrealism, Expressionism, and Philosophy in Photographic Artworks of Esperanza Manzanera

Esperanza Manzanera, known in the art world as Velmock, is a multifaceted visual artist and high school philosophy teacher based in Granada. Her artistic repertoire includes digital collage, photo editing, and a variety of other techniques that she uses to craft surreal and expressionist images.

The Intersection of Fine Art and Insanity in Superb Artworks of Laurie Lipton

Laurie Lipton, a New York native, has been expressing herself through the medium of drawing since she was four years old. She made history as the first individual to graduate with a Fine Arts Degree in Drawing (with honors) from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pennsylvania. After spending 36 years living in various countries across Europe, including Holland, Belgium, Germany, France, and London, she has recently returned to her home country, the USA.